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    Quote Originally Posted by woodwizard View Post
    But just incase here's a youtube of another time we played it just jamming around on it ... to give you an idea of our version of this great Ed Haley tune.
    Great job, great fun.

    And that appears to be a great pickin space. Right off the kitchen like that.

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    mouth of the tobique

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    Love that tune: Mouth of the Tobique.

    A few weeks ago, I learned Annadene's Waltz, almost certainly composed by JP Fraley since his wife's name was Annadene. The tune even shows some of the same multiple-octave phrasing as Fraley's well-known crooked tune: Wild Rose of the Mountain.

    This week, finally getting around to the chords of Annadene, I realized that this waltz (in the key of A) has the same changes as several other waltzes I play. When our band got together, I played this one, to accompany the fiddler who played Over the Waves (the old merry-go-round tune). Then we played Bluebird Waltz to it. We even tried Kentucky Waltz, and lo and behold, all four tunes share the same exact chord structure. Yes, I realize that Bluebird is in D and I usually play Waves in G. But such transposing-on-the-fly poses little problem on a mandolin.

    So try it out guys, four songs in one. Play a phrase from Kentucky, throw in the next phrase from Bluebird, etc. It's a terrific exercise, although I'd suggest proceeding more conservatively if you're doing this in front of an audience, just to avoid your fans getting melodic indigestion from this tossed salad of waltzes.
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    I learned something over the last 2 weeks. fiddle is really tough to learn and/or I suck.

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    Biting off more than I can chew, again, with a set of six Quebec trad tunes from the group Domino: Gigue des paroissiens, Gigue des capuchons, Reel de Ste-Blandine, Galope du lac St-Charles, Reel a thenfant, and Reel des eboulements. It's the last track on the CD Pris au jeu. Got notation for all but Thenfant from http://www.mustrad.udenap.org/lerepertoire.html. Wish me luck!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pipeous View Post
    I learned something over the last 2 weeks. fiddle is really tough to learn and/or I suck.
    Fiddle is really tough to learn. Keep at it and don't be shy about sounding like (bad word). After a while you'll start to sound better. Patience, Grasshopper.

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    "Tallahassee" by Bill Monroe in the key of A. A fun tune to play and easy for other jammers to follow along.

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    I won't give in, but dam I was able to jam mandolin after a week hehe. I have a new respect for fiddle players though

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pipeous View Post
    I was able to jam mandolin after a week hehe.
    Yeah, those plectrum instruments are sooooo easy! <g>

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    and those dam friction tuning pegs drive me bonkers... that said I am taking the violin to work tonight. at least the coyotes seem to enjoy my noises :D

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    Quote Originally Posted by JeffD View Post
    Great job, great fun.

    And that appears to be a great pickin space. Right off the kitchen like that.

    At times I am just a machine that turns coffee into music.

    Thanks Jeff... Clawhammer Dave has a really great pickin' cabin there ... It's way up on a mountain ridge near a little community called "No Go" Arkansas. Beautiful place. Dave's 88 year old Mom always makes us some wonderful homemade pies every time we go there. That alone makes the trip worth while You might have noticed those 2 pies in the video. Yum!
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    Booth Shot Lincoln (revisited)
    and ... Rocky Pallet
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    Very nice Mike!!! A couple of great tunes.

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    This weekend I'm working on a fun little tune called Flat-Footed Henry. I got the music of The Portland Collection.

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    Just starting Temperance Reel !

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    Pig Ankle Rag and working on another version of New Five Cents. It's Saturday ! So I can do that!
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    Jefferson's Hornpipe ... learned this tune today

    working on:
    Ed Haley's Lost Indian and
    Jeff Sturgeon
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    Here's a couple of fiddle tunes sort of new for me.
    There are at least (2) different tunes with the same name "Lady of the Lake" This is the one you don't hear much... we actually call it "Suckle That Lamb" So it's... "Lady of the Lake" aka: "Suckle That Lamb"
    and another one that we made a little recording of tonight at a PIZZA Old-time jam dinner... "Indian Ate a Woodchuck"
    Both are really fun tunes to play.
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    Blackberry Rag... it's a good one folks
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    I've been having a lot of fun learning Pig Ankle Rag, courtesy of Don Julin's lesson on YouTube.

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    Jump Fingers... another really happy tune. Here's me and couple of friends jamming on it a little.
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    I've started on Wolves a'Howlin".

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    I've started on Wolves a'Howlin".

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    Been messing with Fiddler's Dream, in G chord. I like this number because in part A, it swoops down to low G, on up to B on the E string, all in first position. Then, modulates to the 5 chord in part B. I try to get that awesome triplet descent that Ray Legere does in his take on this (notice I said 'try').

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    QUOTE=Mike Bunting;1032790]I've started on Wolves a'Howlin".[/QUOTE]

    Now that's a great (A) tune and has good lyrics as well. My OT band does that one.
    I just learned "Jeff Sturgeon". Another AEAE fiddle tune with a little twist. Here's me and my OT band pickin' it yesterday at my 60th b'day party. Much fun that day and many tunes were played that's for sure

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